But no matter what Andrade (16-5 MMA, 7-3 UFC) threw at her, Hill (6-3 MMA, 1-3 UFC) kept coming forward, giving back everything she had in an ultimately unsuccessful effort, as Andrade battled her way to a unanimous decision victory in an action-packed fight.

The women’s strawweight bout opened up the main card of today’s UFC Fight Night 104 event at Toyota Center in Houston. It aired on FS1 following prelims on FS1 and UFC Fight Pass.

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Andrade’s strategy in the fight seemed to be to get Hill moving backward with the help of her striking attack, then unleash ferocious combos once Hill ran out of room up against the fence. That approach paid dividends right away, as Andrade hurt Hill early on with her hard right hand and stinging left hook, both of which sent Hill reeling at various points in the opening round.

But Hill would come roaring back, tagging Andrade with straight rights and even opening a cut on her cheek with a knee in the second. Still, no matter what Hill landed in response, Andrade never seemed the least bit bothered by the offense coming her way, and at times it seemed to do little more than serve as a pause between her own attacks.

By the final round, Andrade’s dominance was on full display, but she continued her assault, stalking Hill in search of a finish. For her part, the visibly exhausted Hill continued firing back, even putting Andrade on the mat with a left late in the final round, but she couldn’t turn the tide in her favor.

When it was all over, all three judges had it as a clean sweep for Andrade, who took the fight with scores of 30-27 across the board. In her post-fight remarks, Andrade said she purposely kept the fight standing rather than taking it to the floor in order to make things harder on herself in preparation for a UFC title clash.

Andrade has now won three straight in the UFC, with her last loss coming in September 2015. Hill’s loss snaps a four-fight winning streak.